Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27126610-20181025025612

So, Devil Arms. As of DMC 3 at least, we know Devil Arms are manifestations of a demons soul, and in other cases like Sparda, manifestations of that demons power, turned into weaponry. And we know that with Beowulf and Vergil that taking a devil arm doesn't need consent, since Vergil just slaughtered him and made his soul into gauntlets and greaves. So my question, why can some demons do it, but not others? Phantom and Griffon were clearly high up in Mundus' ranks, Geryon and Doppelganger turned into styles, not devil arms, Leviathan didn't turn into anything, while in DMC 4 demons like Berial were strong enough to conquer entire realms of the underworld but simply died off. So what's the cut off point, or the requirements? And once a soul is converted into a devil arm can it be converted back? Agni and Rudra are devil arms already weilded by two bodies, Cerberus and Nevan willingly gave Dante their souls to help him, Beowulf's was definitely taken unwillingly. Alastor and Ifrit seem to still have consciousness enough to attack Dante when he tried to take them while Gilgamesh, Pandora and Lucifer acted like inanimate objects, not exhibiting any sign they used to be full fledged demons. Does anybody have anything concrete, or any idea's/theories to share?

On a lighter note, if they did become devil arms, what do you think they'd be? As in, if Dante took say, Phantom, Griffon or Argosax for instance as weapons, or Nero actually managed to kill Berial or Echidna and took their souls what do you think might result? 